You all were AMAZING! We had so many amazing entries, and additions to the lore of Thanka Claus, that we had a horribly tough time choosing our winner and runners up. Thank you all so much! Eventually, we did have to narrow it down, though... And here they are!
Starting with our runners up!
And now... OUR WINNER!!!
Thank you so much, PoetsEye!! This made all of Zeta just absoulutely laugh our heads off! Our shipping team will be in touch to get your t-shirt to you!
Two new and exciting silent auctions just started up! You have until 10am PST, so keep checking back to watch numbers go "Brrrrrrrrr"!
The first of our two auctions is a Stuffed Iron Fist Alexander, donated by crafter Blaine/BrainStew!
This warrior jar is stuffed polyfill and plastic beads, but not the corpses of great warriors, thankfully. His body is made of minky fabric and his lid of velvet. He is fully stitched by hand, since machine sewing would have made his delicate hands and shape hard to achieve at this small size. His craggy arms can be released from the usual pensive pose and reset if desired. He is weighted so he sits nice on a shelf or any surface without toppling over.
Current high bid is $420.69
The second silent auction in this pair is a Desert Bus 2021 Hat, donated by Charlie Victor
This hat is Desert Bus 2021 knitted for your head. Each colored stripe represents one shift of Desert Bus 2021 in Schmutzerella's yarns, with a special metallic green thread in the "Homega" shift to shine where we crossed one million dollars! This is a soft slouchy beanie that will stretch to fit a very large human head. All yarn is superwash merino wool and it should be hand washed with gentle soap in cold water and laid flat to dry.
Current high bid is $133.70
We would like to extend a huge thank you to one of our new prize sponsors, Fantasy Cosmetica!
Fantasy Cosmetica is a small makeup brand created by a self-professed fantasy fan, who wanted to blend her two loves, the fantasy genre, and makeup. Whether it be Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, or Germanic sword fighting, they pull influences to create these amazing eye shadow palates for everyone!
Thank you again, Fantasy Cosmetica!
You're quickly running out of time to bid on these two wonderful silent auctions! They are running until 2am PST, so snipers get sniping!!
First up on the docket, the Somewhere In Between Tucson And Vegas tapestry, donated by crafter Lisa Clauson!
This item is a hand woven wool tapestry, with a sturdy linen warp and a knotted pile air freshener fir in the center. Taking well over 500 hours to make and using 28 different blends of colour, it measures 155 cm wide and 100 cm tall. It comes with a linen backing fabric sewed on, ready to go up on your wall. If the backing is removed, it can also be a rug! It comes with care instructions and a Certificate of Authenticity, and was crafted in a pet and smoke free studio.
Current high bid is $6,000.49
Next, a Legend Of Zelda Pixel Art Blanket, donated by crafter Yalc321!
This Hyrule Crest Shield pixel art blanket was hand crocheted and sewn over the course of around 115 hours. It is made up of 625 individually crocheted squares, that were then hand stitched together. The blanket is all natural, being made from Lily And Cream brand 100% cotton 4 ply yarn. Weighing in at 80.6 ounces or about 2285 grams, this blanket contains about 2.2 miles or 3.5 kilometers of yarn. It is about 63 inches or 160 cm in each direction, making it a perfect topper for any queen size bed.
Current high bid is $4,200
It's high time for Christmas to no longer be the only holiday with a designated Claus. That's why we at Zeta propose Thanka Claus, the Thanksgiving Claus. What makes him different than Santa? Is his sleigh pulled by turkeys? Is his suit brown? DOES HE EVEN HAVE A BEARD?? Well, that's up to you! We'd like to you create your vision of Thanka Claus for this art challenge, and send them over to us!
This art contest will run until 5am PST. Please submit your entry in the form of .jpg, .gif, or .png to contest@desertbus.org, with the subject line “Thanka Claus Challenge“. Please include which name you would like to be referred to on screen if you win!!!
But what do you win, you ask? You will win a Desert Bus 2022 t-shirt in the size of your choosing by Fangamer, as well as this year’s shiny gold DBloon!!
The clarion call of the Target kids rang loud, and it rang clear, and over 60 loyalists answered over the course of mere hours. Look upon them: the triumphant and inspiring propaganda for (or against) Target Kids.
Congratulations to DoomsdayLLC for winning this challenge! And thank you to everyone who sent us so many wonderful submissions that it took over an hour to judge them.
Runners Up
Third Place
Magic: The Gathering cards often have beautiful art, but Secret Lairs take that to the next level. These packs have special versions of the cards with custom art from the most celebrated Magic artists, and this set of horror-themed packs is sure to spook your opponents.
Donate $7.77 or multiples thereof before 11:30pm PT for a chance to win these packs!
Volante Design takes inspiration from media like games and comic books to create rad clothes like this Hacker Jacket they donated to Desert Bus for Hope this run. Their designs are built to be as durable as they are cool, so by that measure you can expect them last for years. Thank you Volante for your support of Desert Bus!
Today on Night Watch, we're happy to host Travis Eriksen from Child's Play! Travis, we do a lot of weird bussing things here in the name of fundraising for Child's Play and hope we don't embarrass you too much. Only just enough.
Travis is the Executive Director of Child's Play, and also the orchestrator of the Omegathon at PAX. He joined Child's Play after teaching Middle School math for 15 years, but that was 6 years ago so no pop algebra quizzes please. Tapping his background he has helped Child's Play move toward not only giving games and tech away but also to become a teaching recourse in how to use games as an intentional part of therapy.
He has always leaned toward PC gaming, growing up playing the Sierra classics like Kings Quest, Space Quest, and Police Quest (there were a lot of quests), and when he is not running Child's Play or making up diabolical rules for the Omegathon he is playing games with his two sons or lifting weights (you should tell him he looks big and strong, that's all he really wants in life).